Abstract(englisch):
Emanating from an information campaign on "European citizenship" of the European Commission in 2008 in Germany, the various meanings in German of "Bürgerschaft" [citizenship] "Staatsbürgerschaft" [citizenship] und "Unionsbürgerschaft""[European citizenship] to the special significance of these words in relation to the German history of statehood are illuminated on the basis of legal texts from the German unification processes since the mid-19th Century to the current constitution [ Grundgesetz]. (DIPF/Autor)